Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: A Man Picks Fruit From A Tree On A Ladder

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationWauconda, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Wauconda Illinois

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A Man Picks Fruit From A Tree On A Ladder — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a man on a wooden ladder carefully picking fruit from a lush tree in a sun-drenched backyard. He wears a white shirt and dark trousers, reaching into the branches as others watch from below. The scene is framed by vibrant green foliage and blooming purple flowers, with a large evergreen tree in the background. The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American domestic moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123728039

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 2318 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: glenn t evans,baby come home,june,tommy
Reel-level year note: 1961
Reel-level location note: moline illinois
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Wauconda, Illinois, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Midwestern home-life edits needing backyard gardening, fruit picking, or domestic seasonal activity on 8mm film.
Period detail: The clothing, wooden ladder, garden setting, and 8mm color home-movie look may show an early-1960s suburban Illinois household scene.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged family observation as one man reaches into the tree while others stand below watching or helping.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man on a wooden ladder, leafy fruit tree, evergreen branches, purple blossoms, seated or standing onlookers, and bright backyard sunlight.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated greens, mild blur, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, seasonal cutaway, family-memory beat, or transition into domestic food gathering and garden routines.
Historical context: The footage reflects a casual backyard activity in Wauconda, Illinois, without showing identifiable public landmarks or documented events.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or music are indicated, but copyright and personal rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois home movie, 8mm man picking fruit, backyard ladder, family garden, and midcentury fruit tree footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Wauconda home movies, then broader backyard gardening or seasonal harvest scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1961 Wauconda backyard scene, a man in a white shirt stands on a wooden ladder picking from a leafy tree. — A man reaches into the tree from a wooden ladder as others gather below.

A man on a wooden ladder reaches into dense foliage in a sunlit 1961 Wauconda backyard, with onlookers partly visible below. — The man continues reaching into the foliage from the ladder.

The 8mm frame shows a man picking from a backyard tree in Wauconda, Illinois, with family members or onlookers below. — Onlookers remain below while the man works from the ladder.

A man bends on the wooden ladder near the tree as another person reaches upward, suggesting help during fruit picking in the backyard. — A person below reaches up as the man bends down from the ladder.

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